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“Where are you from?”… the first question we ask when we want to get to know someone… With a name like McCracken, you might think I was born from a peat bog on the misty shores of Scotland. And while that would be an amazing tale, some names and roots are more complicated than they …

Continue reading “Distiller’s Notes Vol.5: Becoming A Native”

We are beyond excited to introduce the newest member of our whiskey family:Chattanooga Whiskey 1816 Native!  For centuries, distillers and brewers have shared the same ingredients, equipment and processes… NOW they share the same barrel. Native is an ongoing series of beer-barrel finished whiskies, born from our passion for local beer, community and our award-winning straight bourbon whiskey! …

Continue reading “Great Whiskey Comes from Great Beer”

Is this thing on?  Tap, tap… First off, I don’t know or care how many people read this thing (yawn, another newsletter).  And I know, it’s part 2 (double yawn, now actually sleepy).  So long as there’s just ONE person to read it and appreciate it as something resembling the truth.  In a world of …

Continue reading “Distiller’s Notes Vol.4.2: A Whiskey Manifesto”

The other night, I watched comedian Will Ferrell speak through a face painted like a tiger about his college-life hobbies. No, this wasn’t a dream, this was Will Ferrell being Will Ferrell on late night TV. One of his stories recalled an old hobby where he would crash a friend’s college class, knocking on the door …

Continue reading “Distiller’s Notes Vol.4.1: A Prologue to Tennessee High Malt: Keep Doing That”

If you’ve recently passed by our new production headquarters on Riverfront Parkway, and noticed a consistent plume of steam from our rooftop… you might have guessed it… we’re making whiskey! Although it’s easy to give credit for this accomplishment to the distillers who are making the product, the truth is, we were just a small …

Continue reading “Distiller’s Notes Vol.3: Credits Roll First”

Two years ago, our team began construction on our 100-gallon micro distillery on Market Street. A few months later, we began distilling the first whiskey made in Chattanooga in 100 years—a great moment of historical perspective that continues to fuel our passion to this day. Today, we find ourselves in the midst of constructing a new …

Continue reading “Distiller’s Notes Vol.2: Finding Your Voice”

Keeping true to our downtown Chattanooga roots, we’ve taken over the historic Newton dealership and have begun renovations. The building isn’t quite move-in ready, but upon completion in 2017, the new distillery will be one of the largest bourbon whiskey producers in Tennessee. Get the details and see what the future distillery will look like! …

Continue reading “Chattanooga Whiskey’s Expansion Has Begun off of the Tennessee River”

Time sure is weird. Sometimes it flies and other times it crawls. When you’re having fun and living in the moment, it’s the former. When you’re waiting on something to happen it’s most certainly the latter. In the case of making whiskey, it tends to be a little bit of both.  Four and a half years ago, …

Continue reading “Distiller’s Notes Vol.1: 1816: 1 Recipe, 3 Bourbons, 8 Years in the Making.”

We’ve won accolades from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the American Distilling Institute, and the Ultimate Spirits Challenge. Our whiskies have been blind tasted by panels of industry experts, we’ve won Double Gold, Gold, and rated “excellent” and “highly recommended.” We would not be here without the support of our fans and the hard work you all did to help …

Continue reading “Good bourbon deserves to be appreciated, and Chattanooga Whiskey is being recognized as the “Best of the Best.””